Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) offers outreach materials to get kids enrolled
Carrie Fitzgerald | August 5, 2020 |
Never in the 23 years that the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) has existed, have we faced a Back-to-School enrollment season like the one …
Covering All Kids
Bruce Lesley | May 13, 2020 |
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” — Nelson Mandela, May 8, 1995 …
Building a Better America and World for Our Children
Bruce Lesley | April 21, 2020 |
We are living in a life-changing moment where it is clear that the future will look quite different than we had imagined. We are …
COVID-19: How The Health of Children Is at Stake
Bruce Lesley | April 11, 2020 |
Children may not be dying in the same number as adults or senior citizens due to COVID-19, but their health is at risk and …
The COVID-19 Crisis Is Catastrophic for Children Too
Bruce Lesley | April 4, 2020 |
This is likely a once-in-a-generation disaster, and it will affect every domain of human life. It will be traumatic. And trauma always falls hardest …
Fact Sheet: Aid to Children During Coronavirus Outbreak
Averi Pakulis, Bruce Lesley, Cara Baldari, Carrie Fitzgerald, Drew Aherne (Former Staff), Michelle Dallafior | April 2, 2020 |
As the spread of the coronavirus has grown, the vulnerabilities within our system have become clear. Children and families living in poverty already lack …
Coronavirus confirms why we need a national commitment to address child poverty and homelessness in the United States
Cara Baldari, Michelle Dallafior | March 13, 2020 |
There is real momentum towards addressing the high rate of child poverty in the United States and the Coronavirus outbreak has only served to …
Children’s Budget 2019
| September 10, 2019 |
First Focus on Children is proud to introduce the 13th annual release of its signature Children’s Budget publication, a comprehensive analysis of how kids …
Evaluating 2019 Census Child Poverty Data in the Wake of COVID-19
First Focus, Childrens Defense Fund , U.S. Child Poverty Action Group | September 24, 2020 |
On September 15th and 17th, 2020 the U.S. Census Bureau released national and state-level poverty estimates from 2019. However, these estimates did not adequately …
Statement: Public charge rule endangers millions of children
Michele Kayal | September 24, 2020 |
“Chilling effect” already evident in falling insurance rates, other programs The Trump Administration’s decision to reimpose its public charge rule — even as the country …
Children lose health insurance for 3rd year in a row
Michele Kayal | September 18, 2020 |
Hispanic children hit hardest with more than 9% uninsured The U.S. Census Bureau has released data that show the number of U.S. children without …
Statement: 275,000 U.S. citizen children at risk
Michele Kayal | September 17, 2020 |
In response to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling this week in favor of the Trump Administration’s policy to end Temporary Protected …
New census figures demonstrate success of anti-poverty measures
Michele Kayal | September 15, 2020 |
Numbers released today by the U.S. Census Bureau suggest that child poverty dipped nearly 2 percentage points in 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic and …